Heads up Holdem as seen on TV is not easy to play and takes some experience to play well. It can be played as just a game at one table or as an elimination tournament that winners keep playing each other until one of them is left standing. A player is eliminated when they lose all of the starting chips. When you see the Heads Up tournament on TV you see the correct way to play this game. (more…)
A single table sit and go tournament is relatively easy to play as you can just sit for a while and let the other players bust each other out of the tournament or until you get a monster starting hand and you are able to get a pot to win. The secret is to at least make the final three as that is where the tournament money is split up among the players. 50% usually goes to first and 30% to second and the balance of the prize money to third place. You only have to see seven players leave and you are in the money. (more…)
No matter which game of poker you are playing like all poker varieties, it will be a game of luck and strategy. You may be holding a fantastic hand, but what if the other player has the same hand, or better? (more…)
Before you play Texas hold’em or indeed any other form of poker, you should realize at the very outset that there are some hands that are the best while other hands are not worth anything at all. Once you learn to recognize the good and band hands in hold’em, (more…)
To the average Poker player the advantages of certain table position when playing poker may be obvious. To the rank novice it may not be as obvious. Players who act first are in “early position” and those who act after you are in “late position.” (more…)